The best way to remain a billionaire is to oppress the worker class.
At least, that seems to be the belief of one Nick Hanauer.
Who--by the way--wants to force OTHERS to pay $15.00/hour in minimum wage.
See?
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Is The Donald Stupid, or a Liar?
Well, one could say "serial exaggerator" instead of liar, I suppose.
See, "serial exaggeration" is actually his M.O. in real life. But that does not eliminate "utterly stupid."
See, "serial exaggeration" is actually his M.O. in real life. But that does not eliminate "utterly stupid."
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Will Obama Send Troops to Alabama?
This is very interesting.
...Today, in a 170-page ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage opinion by issuing its own Judgment in favor of Liberty Counsel’s Petition for Mandamus. In the petition, Liberty Counsel demanded on behalf of its Alabama clients – Alabama Policy Institute (“API”) and Alabama Citizens Action Program (“ALCAP”) – that the state’s probate judges obey Alabama’s Constitution and laws. On March 4, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the probate judges to immediately cease issuing same-sex marriage licenses...
And the Alabama Supremes confirmed that order last week.
10th Amendment v. CrazyCourt's Kennedy!!
...Today, in a 170-page ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage opinion by issuing its own Judgment in favor of Liberty Counsel’s Petition for Mandamus. In the petition, Liberty Counsel demanded on behalf of its Alabama clients – Alabama Policy Institute (“API”) and Alabama Citizens Action Program (“ALCAP”) – that the state’s probate judges obey Alabama’s Constitution and laws. On March 4, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the probate judges to immediately cease issuing same-sex marriage licenses...
And the Alabama Supremes confirmed that order last week.
10th Amendment v. CrazyCourt's Kennedy!!
Today,
in a 170-page ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court rejected the U.S.
Supreme Court’s marriage opinion by issuing its own Judgment in favor of
Liberty Counsel’s Petition for Mandamus. In the petition, Liberty
Counsel demanded on behalf of its Alabama clients – Alabama Policy
Institute (“API”) and Alabama Citizens Action Program (“ALCAP”) – that
the state’s probate judges obey Alabama’s Constitution and laws. On
March 4, 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the probate judges to
immediately cease issuing same-sex marriage licenses. - See more at:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/03/why-the-gay-marriage-legal-battle#sthash.nL0XkPR9.dpuf
Does Paul Ryan Have Any Credibility?
Not ONE 'budget reform' since 2011. In fact, nothing but increased spending.
That was during Ryan's Budget and Ways/Means reigns.
Should he blame it all on McConnell? Obozo?
Or just admit that he's a master of FooFooDust Blowing?
That was during Ryan's Budget and Ways/Means reigns.
Should he blame it all on McConnell? Obozo?
Or just admit that he's a master of FooFooDust Blowing?
While
the Republican budget was supposed to preserve the BCA spending levels
for 2016, that was not the plan for 2017. Instead, the Republican
budget promised to cut spending even further. Whereas the BCA
set a cap of $1.04 trillion in spending for 2017, the Republican budget
demanded $1.013 trillion – a $27 billion dollar cut.
What did the Republicans deliver? Not only did they completely capitulate on the budget of $1.013 trillion for 2017, but they surrendered on the BCA levels too! In December 2015, they made an agreement with Obama to increase the 2017 statutory cap levels to $1.07 trillion. In other words, the Republican balanced budget that promised us $27 billion in cuts for 2017 instead gave us $57 billion in spending increases relative to the budget ($30 billion more relative to BCA levels).
- See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/03/republicans-postpone-the-budget#sthash.6bVzS2Do.dpuf
What did the Republicans deliver? Not only did they completely capitulate on the budget of $1.013 trillion for 2017, but they surrendered on the BCA levels too! In December 2015, they made an agreement with Obama to increase the 2017 statutory cap levels to $1.07 trillion. In other words, the Republican balanced budget that promised us $27 billion in cuts for 2017 instead gave us $57 billion in spending increases relative to the budget ($30 billion more relative to BCA levels).
- See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/03/republicans-postpone-the-budget#sthash.6bVzS2Do.dpuf
Tom Friedman, WSJ Share Communicable Disease
When you find the Wall Street Journal and Thomas Friedman on the same page (cough), the conclusion is clear: New York City disease. That's closely related to DC Disease and Silicon Valley Disease.
All of those can be cured by a 20-year life experience in, say, West Virginia, or Central Missouri.
All of those can be cured by a 20-year life experience in, say, West Virginia, or Central Missouri.
Idaho: FBI Under Investigation
Seems that some "elite unit" FBI types fired a couple of rounds and tried to cover it up.
If the story related here is true, those Feebs should be drummed out of the service. But then, Horiuchi, who assassinated a mother holding her infant....
If the story related here is true, those Feebs should be drummed out of the service. But then, Horiuchi, who assassinated a mother holding her infant....
Time for the Earnest Young Fellow to Quit
Rubio, every inch the Earnest Young Fellow, has not won squat, but is spending a lot to do so.
Time for him to go quietly into the night.
Time for him to go quietly into the night.
Monday, March 07, 2016
Very Weak Credit Growth
Another little straw in the wind.
Against expectations of a $17 billion surge, US consumer credit grew at just $10.5 billion - the weakest and biggest miss since March 2013. The biggest driver of this disappointment was an actual contraction in revolving credit (down $1.1 billion) for the first time since Feb 2015....
That was for January. In addition, December's growth was revised downward.
Against expectations of a $17 billion surge, US consumer credit grew at just $10.5 billion - the weakest and biggest miss since March 2013. The biggest driver of this disappointment was an actual contraction in revolving credit (down $1.1 billion) for the first time since Feb 2015....
That was for January. In addition, December's growth was revised downward.
HRC's Candidacy in One Sentence
Grim's summation:
...The appeal to self-as-victim, in the hope of aligning other self-described victims behind her, is the core of her political stance....
Well said.
...The appeal to self-as-victim, in the hope of aligning other self-described victims behind her, is the core of her political stance....
Well said.
Even Bubba Gets It
BubbaBill Clinton took a break from chasing young stuff and blurted out the truth: Obozo's 'recovery' is just "pretty pictures."
In fact, even the notoriously Leftish Rag, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, admitted that last month's 'job gains' were largely centered in barista and retail categories. Not exactly high-dollar stuff, that.
We are amused by the hard-line manufacturers (hint: autos) who look at the numbers and declare that sales MUST go up--while they whistle past the ugly stats which tell us that 64% of car "sales" are either leases or are using SEVEN-year loans.
At some point, the music stops and someone's going to be short of a chair.....
In fact, even the notoriously Leftish Rag, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, admitted that last month's 'job gains' were largely centered in barista and retail categories. Not exactly high-dollar stuff, that.
We are amused by the hard-line manufacturers (hint: autos) who look at the numbers and declare that sales MUST go up--while they whistle past the ugly stats which tell us that 64% of car "sales" are either leases or are using SEVEN-year loans.
At some point, the music stops and someone's going to be short of a chair.....
Can Even Ted Cruz Take Down the Leviathan?
Ted Cruz--unlike The Donald--seems to be firmly opposed to The Leviathan now cozily ensconced in D.C. But one wonders if even Ted Cruz can take down enough of that monster.
Besides the rogue Warren-animal discussed below (CFPB), we have FCC and FTC. Why are they relevant today?
Ask Google's execs: somebody made sure that Google will live long and prosper.
...“The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Wireline Competition Bureau offered a long-awaited peek this week inside the thinking behind the agency’s forthcoming privacy rules for broadband….The bureau chief repeated the rules will only apply to (Internet Service Provider) ISPs – edge providers like Google, Amazon, and Facebook will stay within the realm of the (Federal Trade Commission) FTC.”
Get that? The FCC is about to drop the hammer on ISPs – severely proscribing what they can do with the data they collect. While leaving completely alone Google – to continue their HUGE data-selling business-as-usual....
Demolition of The Leviathan may take a helluvalot longer than eight years, even for an Administration equipped with chainsaws and tactical nukes--and willing to use them.
Besides the rogue Warren-animal discussed below (CFPB), we have FCC and FTC. Why are they relevant today?
Ask Google's execs: somebody made sure that Google will live long and prosper.
...“The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Wireline Competition Bureau offered a long-awaited peek this week inside the thinking behind the agency’s forthcoming privacy rules for broadband….The bureau chief repeated the rules will only apply to (Internet Service Provider) ISPs – edge providers like Google, Amazon, and Facebook will stay within the realm of the (Federal Trade Commission) FTC.”
Get that? The FCC is about to drop the hammer on ISPs – severely proscribing what they can do with the data they collect. While leaving completely alone Google – to continue their HUGE data-selling business-as-usual....
Demolition of The Leviathan may take a helluvalot longer than eight years, even for an Administration equipped with chainsaws and tactical nukes--and willing to use them.
The Warren/Obozo Shakedown Racket
A few years ago, Obozo and Elizabeth Warren drove the creation of the "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau". This parasitic entity resides in the office of the Federal Reserve Bank and is (deliberately and completely) shielded from Congressional oversight and funding.
Thus, it is able to shake down car- and home-mortgage lenders, and do so with completely fabricated "evidence" of 'discriminatory practices.'
Frankly, I'm no fan of the banks who managed to purchase "Too Big to Fail" designation from the FedGov. That abuse is one of the hundreds of reasons that most (R) congress-slime should be driven from office and tarred & feathered.
But creating an un-Constitutional agency with an agenda which is openly anti-business? That's not a solution. It's pure (D) race-politics. Again.
Thus, it is able to shake down car- and home-mortgage lenders, and do so with completely fabricated "evidence" of 'discriminatory practices.'
Frankly, I'm no fan of the banks who managed to purchase "Too Big to Fail" designation from the FedGov. That abuse is one of the hundreds of reasons that most (R) congress-slime should be driven from office and tarred & feathered.
But creating an un-Constitutional agency with an agenda which is openly anti-business? That's not a solution. It's pure (D) race-politics. Again.
Sunday, March 06, 2016
The Problem With Early Voting
There is a local RadioMouth who promotes 'early voting,' loudly and proudly.
He never acknowledges that such voting can be a big, big, problem.
Now, we'll admit that the Cruz/Trump disparity in 'early' vs. 'election day' results is not a National Concern. But the disparity is real, and--in all likelihood--had an impact on the win/lose totals.
The personal convenience of certain RadioMouths should not really take precedence over a fully-informed vote.
He never acknowledges that such voting can be a big, big, problem.
Now, we'll admit that the Cruz/Trump disparity in 'early' vs. 'election day' results is not a National Concern. But the disparity is real, and--in all likelihood--had an impact on the win/lose totals.
The personal convenience of certain RadioMouths should not really take precedence over a fully-informed vote.
CF Industries, Bob Arzbaecher....What?
There's something of a brouhaha boiling in Louisiana which brings a Milwaukee name to the fore.
A group of ironworkers and riggers working in Louisiana have been told to remove American flags from their trucks or be terminated.
The decree came from those in charge of the CF Industries fertilizer plant expansion in Donaldsonville, La., on Thursday....
To be fair, there is a bit of confusion at CF over all this:
...BizPac Review reached out to Chris Close, director of corporate communications at CF Industries, who stressed that the men were subcontractors and not employees, but he admitted he had no immediate knowledge of the situation....
Well, then. Google "CF Industries" and who pops up as a Board member?
Robert C. Arzbaecher has served as chairman of the board of Actuant Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of industrial products and systems, since 2001 and as president and chief executive officer of the corporation from 2000 until January 2014. From 1992 until 2000, he held various financial positions with Applied Power, Inc., Actuant's predecessor, the most recent of which was chief financial officer....
There must be some explanation, right, Bob?
HT: Weasel Zippers
A group of ironworkers and riggers working in Louisiana have been told to remove American flags from their trucks or be terminated.
The decree came from those in charge of the CF Industries fertilizer plant expansion in Donaldsonville, La., on Thursday....
To be fair, there is a bit of confusion at CF over all this:
...BizPac Review reached out to Chris Close, director of corporate communications at CF Industries, who stressed that the men were subcontractors and not employees, but he admitted he had no immediate knowledge of the situation....
Well, then. Google "CF Industries" and who pops up as a Board member?
Robert C. Arzbaecher has served as chairman of the board of Actuant Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of industrial products and systems, since 2001 and as president and chief executive officer of the corporation from 2000 until January 2014. From 1992 until 2000, he held various financial positions with Applied Power, Inc., Actuant's predecessor, the most recent of which was chief financial officer....
There must be some explanation, right, Bob?
HT: Weasel Zippers
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Trump, the Real Estate Genius? Not!
So far, Trump's biggest success is narcissism and blowhard-ery.
He certainly isn't good at real estate deals.
“Mr. Trump has underperformed the real estate market by approximately $13.2 billion, or 57%,” since 1976, says John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, who compared Trump’s stated net worth with four decades of returns on the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITS FNER, +0.29% Index."....Quoted at RedState
One suspects he's running because he needs the cash-flow of a Gummint job.
He certainly isn't good at real estate deals.
“Mr. Trump has underperformed the real estate market by approximately $13.2 billion, or 57%,” since 1976, says John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, who compared Trump’s stated net worth with four decades of returns on the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITS FNER, +0.29% Index."....Quoted at RedState
One suspects he's running because he needs the cash-flow of a Gummint job.
Charlie, What I Don't Get....
Charlie started early this morning by pre-emptively defending Paul Ryan's complete bend-over to Obozo's budget demands. Charlie used the usual excuse: "We can't over-ride the veto."
Uh-huh.
So Ryan didn't even bother to try.
Contrast the blubbering Ryan with this guy:
Joe Morici joined the Army right out of high school. After serving his country as a sergeant in a medivac unit for a year in Afghanistan, he came home and he went to work for CVS.
He recently managed a store in Beltsville, Maryland. He says Friday morning his military instincts kicked in when two robbery suspects entered the business. Those instincts got him fired.
Police say the suspects took narcotics from the pharmacy's safe. Morici says fearing for the safety of his customers and co-workers, he pursued the suspects to the front door where one of the suspects attacked him with this screwdriver.
Morici says, "He tried to hit me again with the screwdriver. I disarmed him of the screwdriver, while having the other guy pinned against the one door."
Morici says he even managed to retrieve most, if not all, of the stolen pills during the struggle. The suspects got away....
Morici got fired for that move. Yes, you read that correctly--he was fired by CVS.
Ryan cries about his circumstances (and Sykes repeats the blubbering.)
Other people act and do what's right.
HT: Moonbattery
Uh-huh.
So Ryan didn't even bother to try.
Contrast the blubbering Ryan with this guy:
Joe Morici joined the Army right out of high school. After serving his country as a sergeant in a medivac unit for a year in Afghanistan, he came home and he went to work for CVS.
He recently managed a store in Beltsville, Maryland. He says Friday morning his military instincts kicked in when two robbery suspects entered the business. Those instincts got him fired.
Police say the suspects took narcotics from the pharmacy's safe. Morici says fearing for the safety of his customers and co-workers, he pursued the suspects to the front door where one of the suspects attacked him with this screwdriver.
Morici says, "He tried to hit me again with the screwdriver. I disarmed him of the screwdriver, while having the other guy pinned against the one door."
Morici says he even managed to retrieve most, if not all, of the stolen pills during the struggle. The suspects got away....
Morici got fired for that move. Yes, you read that correctly--he was fired by CVS.
Ryan cries about his circumstances (and Sykes repeats the blubbering.)
Other people act and do what's right.
HT: Moonbattery
Joe
Morici joined the Army right out of high school. After serving his
country as a sergeant in a medivac unit for a year in Afghanistan, he
came home and he went to work for CVS. - See more at:
http://moonbattery.com/?p=69517#sthash.Oy5lRuaV.dpuf
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Steyn's Excellent Question
Here's a 'think' question which Trumpkins have brought about.
...In the British House of Commons, there are currently 11 parties represented, plus four independents. In the Canadian House of Commons, there are five parties. In New Zealand, seven. When The Washington Post's Michael Gerson warns that a Trump nomination would break apart the Republican Party, the implication is that the health of the Republic depends on maintaining the same two parties of the Civil War era for all eternity. Why?
The answer is obvious, of course: because with only TWO parties, each of them has more money and influence than either of them deserve.
Doh.
...In the British House of Commons, there are currently 11 parties represented, plus four independents. In the Canadian House of Commons, there are five parties. In New Zealand, seven. When The Washington Post's Michael Gerson warns that a Trump nomination would break apart the Republican Party, the implication is that the health of the Republic depends on maintaining the same two parties of the Civil War era for all eternity. Why?
The answer is obvious, of course: because with only TWO parties, each of them has more money and influence than either of them deserve.
Doh.
Trumpism/Rovianism: The Plot?
Interesting little theory here that Rove & Co. are perfectly happy with Trump because they are scared to death of Ted Cruz.
Given what we know of Rove, it's plausible.
Given what we know of Rove, it's plausible.
Saletan Is Wrong About Trumpism
Saletan is regarded as some sort of political guru. What he actually is is.wrong. That's not a surprise: Saletan swims in the DC/NYC/West Coast ocean of over-educated twits who haven't a clue.
...The delusion that Obama caused Trump has been building since last year. This week, it reached the last bastion of rationality on the right: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. Douthat has a long track record of fairness and good sense. When the madness infects even him, it’s time to clear the air. No, Obama didn’t cause Trump. What caused Trump was the GOP’s decision to negate Obama in every way, and thereby become the party of Trump....
The Establishment GOP has given Obozo every damn thing that Obozo wanted; and where the Establishment failed to do so, SCOTUS moved in to make up the difference. THAT is why Trump--who is a marginally-successful real estate developer with bad hair but a massive ego, has succeeded in seducing people who are utterly disgusted with BOTH Republicans and Democrats.
Unfortunately, Saletan's "wisdom" is swallowed whole by Party Poobahs and the MSM.
...The delusion that Obama caused Trump has been building since last year. This week, it reached the last bastion of rationality on the right: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. Douthat has a long track record of fairness and good sense. When the madness infects even him, it’s time to clear the air. No, Obama didn’t cause Trump. What caused Trump was the GOP’s decision to negate Obama in every way, and thereby become the party of Trump....
The Establishment GOP has given Obozo every damn thing that Obozo wanted; and where the Establishment failed to do so, SCOTUS moved in to make up the difference. THAT is why Trump--who is a marginally-successful real estate developer with bad hair but a massive ego, has succeeded in seducing people who are utterly disgusted with BOTH Republicans and Democrats.
Unfortunately, Saletan's "wisdom" is swallowed whole by Party Poobahs and the MSM.
Angelo Codevilla: Right, Again. And It's Bad
This guy Codevilla should be given a medal for his works on America.
Short, to-the-point, and accurate...
...Civics classes used to teach: “Congress makes the laws, the president carries them out, judges decide controversies, and we citizens may be penalized only by a jury of our peers.”
Short, to-the-point, and accurate...
...Civics classes used to teach: “Congress makes the laws, the president carries them out, judges decide controversies, and we citizens may be penalized only by a jury of our peers.”
Nobody believes that anymore, because no part of it has been true for
a long time. Barack Obama stopped pretending that it is. During the
twentieth century’s second half, both parties and all branches of
government made a mockery of the Constitution of 1789. Today’s effective
constitution is: “The president can do whatever he wants so long as
one-third of the Senate will sustain his vetoes and prevent his
conviction upon impeachment.”...
Yes. And current "leaders" in Congress were present for that abortion of the Constitution; many of them were active participants in the crime.
...Obama has been our first emperor. A Donald Trump presidency, far from reversing the ruling class’s unaccountable hold over American life, would seal it. Because Trump would act as our second emperor, he would render well-nigh impossible our return to republicanism....
We observed a few months back, that Trump is just another Obozo, but with bad hair. They do not completely share policy positions, but their M.O. will be near-identical. Sad to say, we can expect Congress, including the current "leaders," to continue their moral jackwaddery. It's what they do.
...Neither Obama nor Trump seem to know or care that cycles of reciprocal resentment, of insults and injuries paid back with ever more interest and ever less concern for consequences, are the natural fuel of revolutions—easy to start and soon impossible to stop. America’s founders, steeped in history as few of our contemporaries are, were acutely aware of how easily factional enmities deliver free peoples into the hands of emperors. America is already advanced in this vicious cycle....
For those of you who are particularly dense, I'll repeat this:
Sad to say, we can expect Congress, including the current "leaders," to continue their moral jackwaddery. It's what they do.
HT: Grim
Yes. And current "leaders" in Congress were present for that abortion of the Constitution; many of them were active participants in the crime.
...Obama has been our first emperor. A Donald Trump presidency, far from reversing the ruling class’s unaccountable hold over American life, would seal it. Because Trump would act as our second emperor, he would render well-nigh impossible our return to republicanism....
We observed a few months back, that Trump is just another Obozo, but with bad hair. They do not completely share policy positions, but their M.O. will be near-identical. Sad to say, we can expect Congress, including the current "leaders," to continue their moral jackwaddery. It's what they do.
...Neither Obama nor Trump seem to know or care that cycles of reciprocal resentment, of insults and injuries paid back with ever more interest and ever less concern for consequences, are the natural fuel of revolutions—easy to start and soon impossible to stop. America’s founders, steeped in history as few of our contemporaries are, were acutely aware of how easily factional enmities deliver free peoples into the hands of emperors. America is already advanced in this vicious cycle....
For those of you who are particularly dense, I'll repeat this:
Sad to say, we can expect Congress, including the current "leaders," to continue their moral jackwaddery. It's what they do.
HT: Grim
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